I just completed the poll that FSM e-mailed regarding publications with DVDs. I have to admit, I got excited by the prospect of future works having DVDs included. It makes perfect sense, considering the widespread use of multimedia materials.
The poll got me thinking about how multimedia presents FSM an opportunity in this time of stiff competition and dwindling resources. How about the idea of including DVDs (from time to time - maybe twice a year in a 'special edition') in the magazines, not just in larger 'book-type' publications? I guess, as an example, I think of all those video game magazines that include discs with samples of upcoming games. Maybe FSM could do something similar where a particular story in the mag is accompanied by a DVD (or, if that is too expensive, how about a link to a video posted on the site that subscibers could not only access, but download if we so chose)? These could be a subscirber only benefit, or they could be offered on the newsstand copies for, I don't know, $1.00 more than cover cost?
Truth be told, I don't know a whole lot about the logisitics of this, but it seems that in this age of expanding technology, the appeal of FSM would be expanded by branching out into this type of thing.
Just an idea. Love to hear your responses...